Hat-guard.



PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

H.. SAUNDRY. HAT GUARD.

ArPLIoATxoN FILED MAY 1o, ma.

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HENRY SAUNDRY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-GUARD.

Patented May 7, 1907'.

Application filed May 10,1906. Serial No. 316,112.

To (1f/ZZ whom t moti/concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SAUNDRY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat-Guard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a very simple and effective hat guard applicable to any form or type of hat and comprising a strap and retaining sections, the retaining sections being permanently attached to the hat in such manner that while securely held in position they are concealed, and the strap section being of such character that it can be expeditiously attached to or detached from the retaining sections.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a hat guard the strap section whereof when not needed may be readily removed and conveniently carried in the pocket, and to provide means for readily adjusting the length 'of the strap section and holding it in adjustment.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat and the improved guard applied; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the inner face of the hat crown and sweat band, a portion of the sweat band being broken away to show the manner in which the retaining device is applied, the retaining device appearing in perspective and said figure also shows a perspective view of a portion of the strap and its take-up, Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the crown and sweat band of the hat and applied retaining device, and a portion of the strap and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the take-up device for the strap, and an edge view of that portion of the strap which is threaded through it.

A represents the crown of a hat, A the brim thereof, the sweat band and A3 the outer band.

The device consists primarily of two retaining sections and a strap section. The retaining sections are placed in the crown portion of the hat opposite each other, as is shown in Fig. 1, and each retaining section consists of a U-shaped staple 10 made of wire of suitable gage, and the prongs of such staples are passed through the brim A/ of the hat where said brim connects with the crown A, and the pointed portions of said prongs are passed through the crown and occupy a position between the crown and the sweat band A2, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The staples 10 are introduced into the hat sufliciently to cause their bow sections 11 to lie quite close to the hat'where the crown and the brim join, but sufiiciently therefrom to permit hooks to be passed through the said staples between their bow members 11 and the under face of the brim ofthe hat, as is shown in Fig. 1. The staples 1() are held in position by producing apertures in their pointed ends and lacing a wire 12 through said apertures, as is particularly shown in The strap B is usually made of elastic material although non-elastic material may be employed.

At one end of the strap B a simple hook 13 is secured in any suitable or approved manner, while at the opposite end of the said strap a combined hook and take-up C is located. This combined hook and take-up C is constructed of a strip of metal which is bent upon itself to form parallel members 14 and 15 connected at one end only; and where the members of the metal strip are connected the strip is bent upon itself to form a hook 16, the remaining portion of the strip constituting a shank for the hook.

The member 14 of the combined hook and take-up, or that member which is nearest the bent portion or hook 16, is provided with two apertures 17 and 18, one above the other, and what may be termed the outer member 15 of the device C is likewise provided with two apertures or openings 19 and 20, but these apertures are not as far apart as are the apertures 1 7 and 18 in the opposing member 14. The aperture 19 in the member 15 is about midway between the apertures 17 and 18 in the member 14, while the lower aperture 20 in the member 15 is opposite to or in registry with the lower aperture 18 in the member 14 as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The strap B is threaded up through the aperture 20, then through the aperture 18 and through the aperture 17 in the member IOO 14; it is thence carried down between the two members 14 and 15 out through the upper aperture 19 in the member 15, and inward through the lower aperture 20 in the same member 15, and from thence is carried up between the members 14 and 15 out through the aperture 17 in the member 14, thence down at the outside of said member 14 and then out through the two apertures 18 and 20, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. When the lacing just described lies liat relatively to the device C, the strap B is eeetually prevented from slipping, but should it be necessary to lengthen or shorten the stra the lacings in the device C are loosened an either the body ortion of the strap is drawn upon to engthen it or the' end of the strap passed through said device is drawn upon to shorten it, and when the lacing is again restored to its normal position the strap will remain in adjustment.

When the guard is to be worn, the hooks 13 and 16 are passed through the loop portions 11 of the staples 10, the bent portions of the hooks facing outward, and said strap can be carried under the chin of the wearer, or around the ears to the back of the head.

It is evident that the strap can be quickly and conveniently removed from or attached to the hat, and that the retaining devices for the strap are practically concealed in their entirety when t e strap is disconnected therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new, and Adesire to secure by Letters Patentr- 1. A hat guard, consisting of retaining staples adapted as permanent fixtures in a hat, said staples having openings at the pointed portions of their prongs and wires assed through said openings, and a strapVJI` liaving hooks at its ends 'for engagement with the said staples, one of the said hooks being constructed to take up slack in the said strap and hold the strap in adjusted position.

2. A hat guard consisting of retaining staples. having openings at the pointed ends of their prongs, wires passed through the said openings, a strap, a plain hook at one end of .the strap and a combined hook and take-up at the opposite end of the strap, the combined hook and take-up having its shank in two members disconnected at their lower portions, each member being provided with two apertures, the apertures in one member being further apart than the apertures in the opposing member but the lower apertures in both members being in registry, the said strap beinglaced through the said apertures and at the outer sides of the members and between them, as described.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses:

HENRY SAUNDRY.

Witnesses:

J. FRED AcKER, JNO. M. RITTER. 

